2 Kings 17:40
Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
Context
This verse from 2 Kings Chapter 17 connects to 5 cross-references. The Assyrian king Shalmaneser besieges Samaria for three years; his successor Sargon II deports Israel to Assyria. The theological analysis is explicit: Israel fell because they sinned against God from the exodus onward, following other gods, erecting high places, and …
Other Translations
Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
and they have not hearkened, but according to their former custom they are doing,
But they gave no attention, but went on in their old way.
Cross References
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor …
Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the Lord, neither do they after their statutes, …
For they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel, and …
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed …